Improvement in boxes for transporting plants



T. F. wARDwEVLL.

Transporting Plants;r

No. 474,234. 'Patented Apr. 11,1865.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

TIMOTHY E. wAEDwELL, OE PENN YAN, NEW YOEKL vIMPROVEMENT IN BOXES FORTRANSPORTING PLANTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,234, dated April 11,1865.

To all whom 'it 'may concern.-

Beit known thatI, TIMOTHY F. WARDWELL, of Penn Yan,in the county ofYates and State Of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use acertain new and useful Improve-I mentin Boxes for the Transportation ofPlants, 87e.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of my said invention, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1is a plan ot' my box complete, and contained in the mold in which it isput together. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of said box and mold, andFig. 3 is a cross-section of my improved box.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

It is desirable that boxes for plants should be made in such a mannerthat the pieces of which they are composed may be packed together in asmall compass previous to use, and that the boxes, when put together foruse, are strong and light, and that the plants can be introduced withfacility, the boxes closed with dispatch, and the plants afterwardremoved without injury. To effect tllese objects I form a box of datpieces grooved in such a manner that the parts will set correctlytogether and form a strong and light box; and I employ a mold in whichto put the box together, introduce the plant, and envelop and tie thebox.

The separate pieces of which my box is composed can be set compactlytogether, so as to occupy but little space previous to being puttogether for the reception of the plant, and said pieces are not injuredby being put together, as they would be if nails were inserted into thethin wood'of which my box is composed.

In the drawings, a is the bottom, Z1 b the sides, and c the end, of anopen box or mold into which the parts of the box are to be introduced,and which mold insures the pieces coming properly together 'and sustainsthem while the plant is being introduced and the box wrapped in paperand tied up. To effect The side pieces are grooved across near their lends to receive the end pieces, h h, as are also the top andbottompieees, e and g. These latter are also rabbeted on their edges,(see Fig. 3,) so as to receive the edges of the sidepieoes, f f.

It is necessary that an opening be left in the l box for the admissionof air and for inspecting the contents, particularly where such boxesare sent by mail. To effect this I form a hole at one end ofthe top g,as at i, or l form the top piece shorter, as seen at 7c, Fi g2, so as toleave an opening, or one of the end pieces, h, may have a notch cut init, as at l, Fig. 3, or be made narrower, as represented by dottedlines,

Fig. 3, so that in either mode there will he an opening formedsufficient for the inspection of the contents of the box.

m represents a string tied around the box, which holds it firmlytogether after the plant or other articlehas been introduced.

What I claim, and desire to secure by L ctters Patent, is y A box forplants, &c., formed by the dat pieces of wood grooved and set togetherin the manner specified, and provided with an opening, for the purposesand as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 21st day ofNovember, 1864.

T. F. WARDWELL. Witnesses: l

HENRY P. SARTWELI, JOHN L. LEWIS.

